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AIBU?

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Original poster

To find this annoying?

73 replies

MamaPingu · 21/02/2014 18:33

I was running a bath for my 5 month old DS and it was almost done and my brother went in and started having a poo.

There are two toilets in the house. He decided to have a shit next to my sons bath that I was just undressing him for instead of going downstairs.

AIBU? Apparently I am according to him and others, personally I find it a bit disrespectful.

If it was his child and there was only one toilet in the house I'd have waited until they'd done in the bathroom!

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Sirzy · 21/02/2014 18:36

He didn't poo in the path, can't really see anything worth getting worked up about really.

SantanaLopez · 21/02/2014 18:37

Oh relax.

Bowlersarm · 21/02/2014 18:39

I really, really don't think your DS would have minded too much.

Sorry, but I'm in the 'relax' camp too.

Original poster
MamaPingu · 21/02/2014 18:40

I think it's cause he's incredibly selfish this has bugged me so much

It's just something else to add to the list, I know he'd go mental if I went and had a shit next to his bath just before he was getting in.

Sorry!

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Onesleeptillwembley · 21/02/2014 18:41

If he'd the in the bath I could see your point, but no, YABU.

Notify · 21/02/2014 18:41

No, I can't really see a problem either

Original poster
MamaPingu · 21/02/2014 18:41

Bowlersam- I don't enjoy the smell of somebody's poo though!! Smile

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SantanaLopez · 21/02/2014 18:41

Was it just the last straw? You poor thing. It must be really stressful living with your brother and a baby.

Onesleeptillwembley · 21/02/2014 18:41

Aargh. Bloody iPhone keeps changing 'shit' to the.
If he'd shit in the bath

curiousuze · 21/02/2014 18:42

YANBU that is bloody gross, and now you and ds have to sit in the poo stench which lingers for ages in the bath steam. Boke!

Bowlersarm · 21/02/2014 18:42

Do you live together? Or was he visiting?

Original poster
MamaPingu · 21/02/2014 18:42

So nobody at all thinks he should have simply gone downstairs instead of me having to sit and wait with DS while he leaves a nice aroma in there for us? Shock

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MaidOfStars · 21/02/2014 18:42

Disrespectful? Because of the potential for lingering smell?

Original poster
MamaPingu · 21/02/2014 18:43

He is visiting!

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SantanaLopez · 21/02/2014 18:43

My 5 month old clearly enjoyed creating aromas by her nappies!

Original poster
MamaPingu · 21/02/2014 18:43

I just don't think it's very thoughtful to shit next to a child's bath when he could have gone downstairs just as easy!

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VulvaBeaker · 21/02/2014 18:44

Inappropriate.

I could even understand DP, I mean once you've had a baby together, but brother? Bugger off, little sod :D

curiousuze · 21/02/2014 18:45

Mama seriously I am with you! I hate a faceful of someone else's poo stench!

Bowlersarm · 21/02/2014 18:45

Oh he definitely should have used the other one. But I doubt he, himself, would have put much thought into which one to use? And that was why I said YABU. Yes, he was a bit unreasonable but he had to go, so he went!

HumphreyCobbler · 21/02/2014 18:46

Who wants to sit in poo smell whilst bathing the baby?

Sirzy · 21/02/2014 18:47

What harm is someone pooing in he toilet going to do? Seriously get over it!

TheOneWithTheHair · 21/02/2014 18:47

I'm with you op. It's hardly difficult for him to stink out another loo if there's one available. It's rubbish having to smell someone else's poo. YANBU

MangoBiscuit · 21/02/2014 18:47

It would have put me in a shitty mood too! (couldn't resist) But in all seriousness, I would have been annoyed. Does he think his shit smells of roses?

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MamaPingu · 21/02/2014 18:48

He literally does whatever suits him, he drives me up the wall Angry

I think I will have to wait til he's running a bath and leave one of DS's stinky nappies in there while it runs Grin

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DarlingGrace · 21/02/2014 18:48

Open a window and get over it